This ls a cute app to teach students to learn their musical notes including placement on the scale, pitch and length, but it is ultimately difficult to navigate, provides poor explanations for young students, and the cute animations interfere with the educational value. The app begins with a brief tutorial explaining musical concepts. The tutorial font is tiny, the explanations too brief, and it uses challenging vocabulary for young elementary students without voice over for help. The cute little animal faces throughout the app will attract the young audience, but the using the animal heads to represent the notes interferes with the correct note length and placement on the staff. The game requires students to listen to a series of notes and then appropriately place them on the staff. While this activity is excellent practice in concept, even the easy levels require students to distinguish between different notes including sharps and flats and then place the correct notes on the staff. Students may enjoy creating their own songs on this app, but as an instructional tool parents may want to find a more instructional alternative.

• Provides sufficient and varied types of practice problems to maximize understanding and generalization of the targeted skill/concept
• Manufacturer claims alignment with Common Core/Known Standards
• Presents educational concepts accurately
• Explains answers so students can learn from mistakes
• Better for teaching the skill to new or struggling learners
• Better for practicing or refreshing the skill
• Skills are practiced through authentic, meaningful problems (not just rote practice)

• Appropriate for a broad age range to use and enjoy
• Subject matter and problems are relevant, interesting and authentic to students
• Visually appealing to children in the target age range
• Provides virtual rewards or incentives after meeting specified goals or objectives
• Provides a "break activity" between academic problem sets
• Offers ongoing, progressive challenge
• Overall - Enjoyable. Given the option, students would choose this option

• Has a free or trial version
• Provides teaching guidance for adults to support the child and set appropriate goals
• Provides an age-appropriate tutorial/first time users can work independently
• Student should be able to use independently after first use
• Has a multi-player option to foster in-person collaboration or cooperation
• Multiple users can save a profile
• Student graduates to the next level or topic only after meeting a benchmark
• Can play without sound and not distract others
• Students can save work between sessions
• Can effectively understand and monitor student's progress (email report or in product)
• Provides options to play in languages other than English/Good for ELL
• Presents information in multiple formats (voice over, pictures and text, etc.)
• Overall - Easy to use

• Abstract Reasoning
• Directions may be confusing for students using independently
• Students might need support with navigation
• Attention
• Directions may be confusing for students using independently
• Visually distracting with too many pictures, problems or moving objects
• Includes long written questions or text that students must be able to read on their own
• Fine Motor Skills
• Requires challenging finger movements, motor precision or physical manipulation
• Organization
• Directions may be confusing for students using independently
• Includes long written questions or text that students must be able to read on their own
• Students might need support with navigation
• Reading Basics
• Directions may be confusing for students using independently
• Includes long written questions or text that students must be able to read on their own
• Reading Comprehension
• Directions may be confusing for students using independently
• Includes long written questions or text that students must be able to read on their own
• Spatial Perception
• Verbal Reasoning
• Directions may be confusing for students using independently
• Assumes specific knowledge or vocabulary without "look-up" options
• Includes long written questions or text that students must be able to read on their own
• Visual Discrimination
• Words used during activity can be too small or difficult to read
• Visually distracting with too many pictures, problems or moving objects
• Directions are visually difficult to read
• Students might need support with navigation
• Visual Motor Speed
• Requires challenging finger movements, motor precision or physical manipulation
• Vocabulary
• Directions may be confusing for students using independently
• Assumes specific knowledge or vocabulary without "look-up" options
• Working Memory
• Directions may be confusing for students using independently
• Includes long written questions or text that students must be able to read on their own
• Students might need support with navigation

Everyone's a music-maker with Music4Kids!
A classic iOS app that makes learning fun since 2013!

With Music4Kids (ages 4 and up), write and play music at the same time!
Just touch the screen to create and play notes, then move them around to make up your own tunes… it’s intuitive!
Play our musical recognition games, with 140 challenges created by a composer.
As you play, learn the basics of music, develop your creativity and improve your ear for music
Play as you learn, with Music4Kids!

Composing
- Play with an attractive, easy-to-use interface
- Create notes, move them, delete them
- Choose the length of your notes
- Save and modify your tunes

Playing
- Try our 140 musical challenges!
- Create your own challenges, for fun with your family!

Personalizing
- Choose the sound (piano or music box)
- Choose the tempo
- Choose from 11 languages